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Tomato Pie Ideas

Funny thing in regards to Nick's post is that this was all Nick's idea. But this is what I call one of Nick's "Tomato Pie" ideas. These are ideas that are good, but not necessarily for him.

For those of you who have not heard this story, let me tell you what I mean by a Tomato Pie Idea.

When Nick and I were first dating, I told him I would make him dinner. "What do you want?," I asked. After no real response I told him I saw this cool recipe on Paula Deen for a tomato pie. He said, "That sounds good." Well, I go and make him dinner and what do you know, he hates tomatoes. You see, when he said that it sounded good, what he really meant was that it sounded good for people who like tomatoes. So, I guess the same goes here. At this point, I may consider dismantling.

Anyway, speaking of tomatoes and vegetables, we have selected the crops we are planting this year. Our goal is to plant stuff that is expensive for us to buy in the store but are absolutely delicious and goof for us.

We will be growing some lettuce, mainly mâcheand roquette. Thanks to Marie France Roy, she sent us these seeds straight from France. Spring can not come soon enough! YUMM! They are very expensive seeds when bought here for some reason.

We are going to give it a go with berries. We bought one Blueberry plant and bareroot strawberry plants.

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Last summer I tried the Old German Tomato without much luck. Maybe it was just the goofy weather here, but they seemed to split before ripening. And Blueberries are my absolute favorite berry but are a lot of work to grow. The bunnies love them and they need acidic soil (I use an acid additive by Miracle-gro), also having several varieties helps with cross pollination.

I've never tried growing broccoli, but I've heard that bugs can be a problem. May I suggest just for fun if you can find them in your area, ground cherries. They are a sweet tomato-like fruit, but look like a very small tomatillo with a paper-like covering. My kids love to go out to the garden and snack on them. Can't wait for gardening season to begin!

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I went plant-strong in January of 2012 . I'm a former landscape architect now SAHM. I spend most of my time experimenting in the kitchen and garden, learning new photography tricks, keeping active as best I know how and chasing after three little dirt devils.